Romeo 320 Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) Name: Glaeweth Doomsong Moniker: Witch, tallemaja, feyling, gnomefriend Age: Old Gender: Female Race: Kaldorei Birthplace: Outskirts of Zin-Azshari (Elun'dris) Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Affiliation: The Kaldorei, Ashenvale Council, Temple of the Moon Status: Alive Home: Ashenvale Voice: Your mom Soundtrack: A Great Mass In the outskirts of the glorious porcelain towers lived many of those that did not partake in the addiction to the Well of Eternity. Instead, those elves that were not of high birth dedicated themselves to a far more spiritual path. Glaeweth Doomsong, a mere child at the time of the colossal growth of the elven empire, was one of them. As a kindred clanswoman birthed holy and raised in the environment of faith, the world-sized cities became tales and not reality. Instead, the bearcub youngling Glaeweth drove deeper into the sanctuaries of the forest and all the secrets and lost wisdoms that came with it. One such legend she delved into spoke of the mystical arts of her ancestors. The Doomsong family ascended like the rest of the first of the elves from a foul, dark troll race. Many secrets of this primal and unsophisticated culture would vanish with the ascendency, but the Doomsongs kept one - the trolls, long before they turned to elves religiously practised witchcraft. Glaeweth inherited this knowledge and thus continued this tradition as instructed by her father, who in his spider-webbed foundations and bedrock age refused to adapt to the civilized era that Azshara brought. Glaeweth lived up to this curious tradition, educated by her father over a bubbling and swirling cauldron a horde of kith-folk clamouring to verse her in their forest lore. The wild is the home of the witch that Glaeweth grew to become, to balance her own needs against it is her acquisition. As a witch, she shared a close bond with the land itself and can use the earth's immense strength to her own disposal. She negotiates with creatures beyond even elven ears and understands the ebb of the world. Glaeweth's powers hail from the circle of life and death and it took her past the destruction of the sundering. As a highly appreciated preacher of the old ways of her people, she naturally gathered new followers, friends and family that she rallied to the safety of Ashenvale, where her new and reformed clan -- The Feyling Clan, settled in the darkness and protection of the trees. To this day, the Feyling Clan resides here in their Iredew Glade, spearheaded by the cunning and terribly intelligent witch. Godly in her posture and downtrodden only by her beastly communion to a leafy home, the night elf Glaeweth has outlived many times in her long journey. At first however, she wasn't always like this. Aeons ago, during the empire of the elves, the kaldorei lived in the shadow of a more luxurious people; their superiors, the highborne, had surrounded porcelain towers and protective gates around their diamond societies and all that inheritance meant, and no lowborne would ever walk those halls. Because of this, this kaldorei clanswoman took upon herself in secrecy a new superior – the realm of the forest. Many were hunters and others had always been attuned to the wild given their heritage, so it wasn't strange that some night elves given the split of the two castes abandoned the diamond city to explore their forgotten homes, the forest. Here she learned how to speak to animals or know ancient, spider-webbed ruins and how to find them. In the vast solitude from the noble caste, the kaldorei found in the depths techniques, albeit ritualistic and perhaps to some barbaric, that ultimately reached closer to their warrior goddess than those who would come to follow Azshara. These faithful were the noble savages; and in their fierce dominion over the earth, they were them themselves the force of nature alone. Their zeal was the sanctuaries of moss and oak and how to guard it. Their zeal was the absolute worship of nature, and while the highborne bent their ears down to the well of eternity to listen to it's secrets, the lowborne kaldorei listened to the whispers of green. With the superhumanoid senses and evolvement from troll to elf this noble savage realized Elune was not the only supernatural deity out there. Soon, trees began to move and speak in her presence, and miraculous beasts revealed to her a whole new world – a world of faith. It was then truly that she was separate from their superior highborne. It was then the lowborne became the child of the stars, and she abandoned the shunning, submissive titles of before. Now more than ever before were the two castes vastly different, enough for them to almost be entire races of their own. And so she paved way for her own journey now, in the gloomy and secretive places of the forest – leaving the highborne for their inevitable power-hungry doom. Some elves where amethyst, others were emerald in colour; the near-crystal perfect shapes of men and women who had been to the very bone sculptured by the evolution and magic. Taller than the tallest man in the cities of stone, elves were gigantic in size, and often – if not always – towered over other races where they strode. They had been high, these people. Riding some imaginary or not steed of the unmatched. Glaeweth wasn't any different. Her skin was like the shining stones in jungle waters, her hair a perfect bundle of coiling snakes in both length and colour, and were it not embraced by age, moss, spiders and even mushrooms, it could have been beautiful, but instead, frightening. Glaeweth suffered these traits, but to her it was never anything but a blessing from a life of dedication. Or well, a life of zealousy. The Feyling Clan Highborne https://wow.gamepedia.com/Night_elf https://wow.gamepedia.com/Elune https://wow.gamepedia.com/Highborne https://wow.gamepedia.com/Lady_Vashj https://wow.gamepedia.com/Queen_Azshara Edited June 22, 2023 by Romeo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avalia 45 Posted July 23, 2017 amazing; the way you describe people never ceases to paint a potent, vivid image in my mind i love this elf so much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whimsy 13 Posted July 23, 2017 still feels like yesterday when i fell in love with this cute girl well done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zach 14 Posted July 24, 2017 you forgot to mention her marriage to spruce Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romeo 320 Posted October 2, 2017 Bump. * Included a priestess part. * Included in-game model. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDemon 109 Posted October 3, 2017 Normally I would complain about how overloaded the character is, but you are something else. It all fits nice together and it's interesting. I very much like it. Looking forward to meeting you, again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avalia 45 Posted October 3, 2017 SHE KEEPS GETTING BETTER AAAA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norshar 50 Posted October 3, 2017 didn't know my momm sounded like a forest hag xDDDD GOT EEEM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romeo 320 Posted October 4, 2017 On 2017-10-03 at 5:45 PM, Vojtik said: Normally I would complain about how overloaded the character is, but you are something else. It all fits nice together and it's interesting. I very much like it. Looking forward to meeting you, again. Thanks man! On 2017-10-03 at 7:13 PM, Avalia said: SHE KEEPS GETTING BETTER AAAA <3 20 hours ago, Norshar said: didn't know my momm sounded like a forest hag xDDDD GOT EEEM XDXDXDXD 32 minutes ago, Beast said: Dodgy concept due to the special snowflake/mary sue/custom lore parts, could be made decent with some alterations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDemon 109 Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Beast said: Dodgy concept due to the special snowflake/mary sue/custom lore parts, could be made decent with some alterations. custom lore? OK she is a bit special, but in a good way and none of that is custom lore. Which parts do you think are custom lore? so I may clarify your knowledge a bit (or my reading). Edited October 4, 2017 by Vojtik Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDemon 109 Posted October 4, 2017 Ah so you use term "custom lore" in this meaning. ok then. (Usually custom lore is something that in some way defy canon, not add stuff to it - when I create a character for purpose of my story, it's not custom lore; in that way all our characters would be considered custom lore). And she is good with enchanting and alchemy, god forbid right? Well she has to be good at something and now she had thousands of years to train, of course she is powerful. And that she is treated nicely by some nobles, well not everyone in the world is an asshole. Personally I like that they use some form of voodoo (voodoo in itself mixes arcane and nature magic), because I always found it strange that as soon as dark trolls became night elves, they culture just changed and there was nothing left from the old troll traditions. I honestly don't care about whether she was leader of some small outpost at some point, it's not that big of a deal. Yes nature magic would be likely viewed as "primitive", but even so you should keep someone who knows something about it around, just in case. And although there are many references to power, there is almost none scale to it neither any specific deeds they managed to do. On 7/22/2017 at 3:57 PM, Romeo said: Arcane magic soon mixed with the cauldron-magi that they had mastered for thousands of years now; and the world beheld the two witches rise to monstrous powers. They hunted recklessly anything they saw wrong. In many ways, the witches were as much hunters now as they were witches. See, we know absolutely nothing about this "monstrous power" and what it can do, for all we know they may have been running around the forest hallucinating and killing rats. But that part about her becoming a priestess is a bit strange and could use expansion or rework. I'll give you that. On 7/22/2017 at 3:57 PM, Romeo said: If it was something that gave strength and speed to the kaldorei forces, it was undoubtedly the witches. And quotes like these are probably too much exaggerated. But who knows, maybe the entire text is written from the point of view of those sisters and let's face it, people tent to make themselves seem better if they can. Now little about the concept of OP. Ever heard that "With great power comes a great responsibility" thing? Well it applies to RP as well. As long as the power is handled correctly, there should be no problem to how powerful character is. Guy who walks around casually spamming pyroblasts is OP, but a guy with the same power who will use it only in time of the greatest need is not really OP. I know what I am talking about since I have a character who is ridiculously powerful, close to lore-important-character powerful. And I RP him since Wrath and never once was I complained to about being OP (well once, but that was a person who raged on me about using such OP spell as frost nova). I played with lady Doomsong for a short time and it seemed to me that she is handling her power quite well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mother Nathaira 10 Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Beast said: Prince Ceryeth is custom lore. @Vojtik. When it comes to a majority of the concept, it seems very Mary Sue/Special Snowflake with references to how skilled & powerful they are. They excel at everything they do, being chosen out of all by the nobles and prince, how they utilized some poorly adapted form of voodoo which since only trolls can use voodoo I assume it's just nature magic. How they use arcane and then also became a skilled priestess of the temple. How they were chosen by an unnamed council of Ashenvale to lead a clan as well as being put in charge of a village as if positions of command and rule are commonly given, least of all to what appears to be a primitive "witch" of darker origins than any exemplary figure. Also how their use of what I assume to be nature magic, somehow even though other kaldorei use this, her use of it paved entry to the upper echelons of highborne society despite nature magic adapted from voodoo/pagan traditions would be viewed as primitive and inferior to the highbornes "superior" arcane magic. Even their origin was them serving the most powerful highborne houses, lots of references to greatness, power and even moments of struggle where they turn the situation around by unleashing some unstoppable power they've acquired through the years in fairly effortless ways as simply opportunities to show more of the Mary Sue type. If there was less OP/Mary Sue/special snowflake stuff going on, it could be a good concept with some details worked out and altered, but atm, it's poorly executed in comparison to what it could be so it has potential. Just my opinion. I second this, that's for sure - Glaeweth is an okay concept with some awesome ideas but really needs a complete overhaul in regards to her role within kaldorei society, her inclinations towards less savory magic and sickly appearance would be very unlikely to win her any favors with her sisters (especially with the whole mushrooms growing out of her skin spiel - though, since that wasn't mentioned in the post, he might've voided it? Don't get me started on the mana-claw, love both concepts, the kaldorei wouldn't, though) She'd work wonders as a reclusive creature that "weaves cauldrons" in some forgotten burrow on the edge of Ashenvale, travelling from place to place yet hated by her own kind, resenting them for it or instead seeking their approval where-ever she went. It'd add some layers to her besides "I'm powerful, I use ancient troll magic" she'd most likely not be allowed to become a priestess of elune, and especially not a part of ashenvale's council - I can't imagine neither Tyrande nor Malfurion would be very happy to have someone like this representing their race in any way shape or form Edited October 4, 2017 by FilthySlovak Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDemon 109 Posted October 4, 2017 She looked great during the time of Kaldorei empire - the second picture I assume. Just look at her and say that she doesn't look good. On 7/22/2017 at 3:57 PM, Romeo said: She get those skin issues, mushrooms and deformed hand much later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romeo 320 Posted October 4, 2017 Thanks for all the in-put friends, I hastily wrote about the priestess part, and it probably made the thing lesser. So I'll definitively check into your suggestions and imrpove the thing, perhaps just entirely wipe her past and just make her a priestess of elune wearing a witchhat, lol. But we'll see, thanks again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romeo 320 Posted January 20, 2018 BUMP * Retouched main story. * Added nice soundtrack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDemon 109 Posted January 21, 2018 Even the soundtrack is great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dizzy 26 Posted January 21, 2018 Glaeweth is an excellent example of a character that has evolved from the primordial muck of imagination. Beautiful concept from start to finish, while I've seen Romeo play her in public phases, I've also seen her be a stellar example of both an RP character and something to be inspired by, Romeo might have some controversial ideas when it comes to his beloved Kaldorei, but they're well written and well executed, everyone has a magnum opus of a character, and Romeo has found his. I hope you keep at it, Romeo! You do great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites